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I THINK I DIED 😭

WHY IS THIS SO CUTE 😭😭😭

Percy found the wizarding world strange.

For one thing, nearly everything was named after hogs. Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, and he even heard someone mentioning Hog's Head.

"Ron and Hermione should be here somewhere." Harry said, jolting him out of his thoughts. He wondered where he was for a second before he remembered that he was outside the Quality Quidditch Supplies shop for Harry to see the Firebolt one last time.

"Maybe we'll see them on the Hogwarts Express tomorrow." He continued.

"Yeah." Percy agreed, not really knowing what he was talking about.

"Where should we have lunch—?"

"Harry! HARRY!"

He jumped as he heard two voices calling Harry's name.

"There you are!" A redhead with freckles said happily, running over to them. A brunette girl with puffy hair was close behind him. "We've been looking all over for you! We went to the Leaky Cauldron, Flourish and Botts, and Madam Malkin's—oh, who's this?" He looked at Percy curiously.

"Ron, Hermione, this is Percy."

Ron's eyes widened.

"My brother's name is Percy, and he's a git—"

"Ronald!" Hermione elbowed him angrily. Percy laughed.

"It's fine, Harry told me about it." He eyed the two of them suspiciously. "Are you two...dating?"

"WHAT?!" Ron and Hermione chorused in horror, immediately moving away from each other.

"Idiot." She crossed her arms.

"I don't like her." Ron muttered. Harry rolled his eyes amusedly.

"Yeah, right." He smirked.

Percy raised his eyebrows, not convinced. "If you say so. Although you would be a cute couple."

"Nah, we would be arguing all the time." Ron piped up.

"I would just be slapping that bloody moron." Hermione grumbled, playing with her curly brown hair. 

Percy laughed again, but a stab of resentment pricked his heart. Hermione was so much like Annabeth.

Seaweed brain, her voice played in his mind.

But she was dead. And she was a backstabber, so that wouldn't go well. He shoved the intruding thoughts of her away.

"So, Percy." She glanced at him. "You sound like you're from America. Ilvermorny, I suspect?" Percy nodded.

"My parents and I moved to England a couple days ago. I'm just staying at The Leaky Cauldron because they had to stay a while for their jobs."

"Bloody hell, mate, what happened to your eye?" Ron pointed to Percy's black iris. Harry cringed. 

Percy's heterochromia was a sore topic for him to talk about, but he just shrugged again.

"A curse. I'm half blind." He said casually. "So, Harry, I heard you blew up your aunt." Harry groaned, while Hermione just looked at him disappointedly.

"I couldn't control it!" He protested while Ron and Percy wheezed. "I didn't mean to!"

"Gods, I'd love to blow up my aunt. She's a git." Percy grinned.

"I'm surprised you didn't get expelled, Harry." Hermione said, a look of disapproval on her face. 

"Exactly. I expected to be—in fact, I expected to be arrested!" Harry turned to Ron. "Your dad doesn't know why Fudge let me off, does he?" Percy's ADHD mind went to the chocolate fudge.

"Probably because you're the Chosen One and all." He leaned back and put his hands behind his head, trying to ignore the image of brownie fudge in his mind. "You're just built different."

"I don't want to be different." Harry sighed. "I just want to be normal without almost dying every year." Percy related to that a tad too much.

"I wonder why Fudge let you off like that." Ron wondered. "You can ask dad later. We're staying at the Leaky Cauldron too!" 

Hermione nodded eagerly. "My parents dropped me off with all my supplies and books and let me stay with Mrs. Weasley's family."

"Look at this." Ron pulled out a thin box and opened it. "Brand-new wand. Fourteen inches, willow, containing one unicorn tail-hair." Harry nodded, impressed. 

"We also bought new books." Hermione pointed to the large bag of books at the side of the street. "I'll be taking new subjects this year, like Muggle Studies—"

"Muggle Studies?" Ron repeated. "Muggle Studies?? Hermione, you're a muggle born, for Merlin's sake! Why on earth do you need to take Muggle Studies?"

"I want to see them from the wizarding world's perspective, that's all." She said earnestly. "Anyways, my mum and dad gave me some extra money for an early birthday present."

"What about a nice book?" Harry asked innocently. 

Hermione shook her head. "No, I think I'll get a pet. After all, Harry has Hedwig, and Ron has Scabbers."

"I'll get one too." Percy said. "I've had a dog before, but I kind of want another. Maybe a cat or a toad."

"I need to get Scabbers checked over too." Ron pulled out the sleeping rat. 

"We can go to Magical Menagerie. They have plenty of pets." Harry pointed to the shop, knowing Diagon Alley very well now. 

"What about the books—?" Ron asked, stopping the three of them from walking over there. "Who's going to carry them?"

"Not me." Hermione frowned. "I've been carrying those all day."

"I will." Percy volunteered, picking up the bag with two hands. Then he realized that he wasn't as strong as he was when he was 17 and nearly toppled over.

"Need some help?" Harry asked, taking a bag from him.

"Thanks." He muttered. "Hermione really needs to get her priorities straight. These bags weigh like a hellhound!" Harry looked at him funny, wondering what a hellhound was.

The animal shop was crowded, with cages on every wall, leaving only a small space for walking around. Percy also noted that it was notably smelly and loud. He glanced around the shop and nearly fell over.

Owls.

Fuck.

Oh, hell nah. 

Percy scowled at the birds. Although he couldn't help but admire their fluffy feathers and sharp intelligent eyes.

A pair of enormous purple toads sat gulping wetly and feasting on deadblowflies. A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering nearthe window. Poisonous orange snails were oozing slowly up the side of theirglass tank, and a fat white rabbit kept changing into a silk top hat and backagain with a loud popping noise. Then there were cats of every colour, a noisycage of ravens, a basket of funny custard-colored furballs that werehumming loudly, and, on the counter, a vast cage of sleek black rats whichwere playing some sort of skipping game using their long bald tails.

Yup, the wizarding world was even stranger than Percy had thought.

Ron walked up to the witch on the counter.

"It's my rat. He's acting sluggish and—" Percy zoned out of the conversation, a large black furry thing catching his eye.

A beautiful black cat with large yellow eyes mewed from its cage. 

"Oh my gods—" Percy poked his fingers between the bars and petted the cat. "You're mine. I'm gonna buy you." The cat blinked at him innocently, shaking its furry head.

"Ok, how much—OUCH!" 

Percy was shaken by his trance as he heard a shout. A large orange blob soared over his head and landed in his arms. 

"What the—?!" A large, fluffy orange cat with a squashed face spitted madly, launching itself at Scabbers.

"Crookshanks, NO!" The witch cried out. Scabbers ran out the door, squeaking shrilly. Harry and Ron sprinted after him. Percy whistled.

"That was interesting." He remarked, opening the cage of the black cat and lifting him out. "I think I have enough drachmas." The cat immediately purred, nestling in Percy's arms.

"Have you found a pet yet, Percy?" Hermione asked, handing a couple of coins to the witch in exchange for a small red bottle. He nodded, stroking the cat's long fur. "Oh my goodness, that cat is precious!" She cooed, scratching the cat behind the ears. Percy grinned.

"I think I'm going to call her Carita."

henloooo

ok a couple things:

Percy's wand, as yk in the past chapters is dragon heartstring and cedar

the chemistry behind it is that cedar wood is treated to a person incredibly loyal

so duh, percy

dragon heartstring is for those that have easily adapting minds

js so you know

also the name Carita is short for the word caritameno, which means cute in Greek :3

hehehehe

baiii see you next chapter